Hiba Rasheed is a UAE-based Sudanese spoken word/slam poet, and three-time winner of the Rooftop Rhythms Slam Poetry Competition in Abu Dhabi (Dec 2019 - May 2020 - Oct 2020); in addition to being the first female poet to win the Grand Slam Poetry title.
Hiba has performed at Breakout DXB, International Pecha Kucha event, Shelter launch party, Adidas/Def Jam Poetry event, Carolina Herrera 212 VIP perfume launch party, 100 Thousand Poets for Change Poetry event, Dubai Cultural Night Market, Maraya Art Center Open Mic, BreakTHrough Mixed Arts event and PUNCH Open Mic.
Her poems have been published in Sekka mag, Celestal Review literary magazine, anaSudani e-magazine, 500 Words Mag, The Hub SDN exhibition, Kandaka e-magazine, Andariya e-magazine, quint magazine, The Citizen Sudanese newspaper and Gulf News. She has collaborated with local rappers and producers – such as Diligent Thought, The Truth, Feras Ibrahim, Wriggly Scott, Brooklyn Hitz, Brunjes and Nilerhythmik – on many singles.